Richard_III

Richard III Tudor propaganda created a monster and named him Richard. His odious career began before birth, where he skulked in his mother’s womb for two years. Born with teeth and shoulder-length hair, he quickly grew into a misshapen figure whose hunchback and withered arm mirrored his evil heart. He murdered all who stood in his way and pursued a vendetta against his sister-in-law Elizabeth Woodville and her ambitious brothers. It was this monster, a fiction generated by Tudor historians to legitimise the reign of Henry VII and the Tudor dynasty, which fired Shakespeare’s imagination. What sort of play did Shakespeare create' One way of thinking about the drama is to see it as Shakespeare’s tale of the rise and fall of a man who will stop at nothing to become king. It is a reminder of the medieval idea of the Wheel of Fortune and the blind goddess Fortuna. That rise–fall pattern is clearly seen in King Richard III. In the first three acts a charismatic Richard successfully removes anyone who stands in his way to kingship. Playing a variety of roles with malicious enjoyment, he is finally offered the crown. richard, play, king, events, way, tudor, shakespeare’s, iii, henry, shakespeare, rise, plays, fortune, fall, between, young, yet, years, written, working, woodville, within, withered, whose, wheel, vii, vi, vendetta, variety, understanding, triumph, throne, three, thinking, tale, supporters